New study – Desired age in Switzerland is 93 | A new representative study shows that the Swiss want to grow old – very old. And they would also contribute to the costs.
by BezugssystemCH1903
New study – Desired age in Switzerland is 93 | A new representative study shows that the Swiss want to grow old – very old. And they would also contribute to the costs.
by BezugssystemCH1903
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Is there a way to translate without 3rd party the article ?
Why won’t the old Swiss just die? Don’t they think about the economy?? So selfish…
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That’s… bad for the economy.
The Article contains a glaring error in thinking:
“Die Antwort überrascht selbst den Studienleiter Marcel Thom: «Mit einem durchschnittlichen Wunschalter von rund 93 haben wir nicht gerechnet. Das ist schon sehr hoch.» Zumal die Lebenserwartung laut dem Bundesamt für Statistik im Schnitt bei 84 Jahren liegt.”
The author acts like hoping to live until 93 and the life expectancy being 84 is this huge contradiction, when in reality, for most people taking this survey, living to be 93 years old is a realistic expectation. Life expectancy is calculated as the average age people die at. Because, assumedly, no newborns, babies or toddlers have answered this survey question and because the people answering the survey were not dead at the time, their individual life expectancy is well above 84.
I am not smart enough to do the math to find out at what age the average life expectancy of an individual exceeds 93, but I expect this age to be well within reach for most middle aged people.
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